Kristina  Diekmann
  • Professor, Management Department
  • Angus T. Shearer Professor of Ethics, Management Department
  • Associate Department Chair, Management Department

Research Statement

Ethics and fairness, social (mis)perception, gender issues in the workplace, negotiation, impression management

Presentations

  • Jensen, S., & Diekmann, K.A. & Graham, J. (2023) Third party forgiveness in organizations (Academy of Management). Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 08/2023.
  • Dodson, S., & Goodwin, R., Wakslak, C., Diekmann, K.A., & Graham, J. (2023) He sees the forest, she sees the trees: A construal-level stereotype (Academy of Management). Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 08/2023.
  • Huang, H-C, & Shao, R., Tenbrunsel, A.E., Skarlicki, D., & Diekmann, K.A. (2023) The plurality effect: People behave more ethically toward group than individual targets (Academy of Management). Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 08/2023.
  • Jensen, S., & Diekmann, K.A. & Graham, J. (2023) Understanding third party forgiveness in organizations (International Association for Conflict Management). Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 07/2023.
  • Goodwin, R., & Dodson, S. & Diekmann, K.A. (2023) Sexual harassment apologies transfer power from the victim to the victimizer (International Association for Conflict Management). Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 07/2023.
  • Huang, H-C, & Shao, R., Tenbrunsel, A.E., Skarlicki, D., & Diekmann, K.A. (2023) The plurality effect: People behave more ethically toward group than individual targets (International Association for Conflict Management). Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 07/2023.
  • Goodwin, R., & Dodson, S. & Diekmann, K.A. (2023) Crisis management following allegations of leader sexual misconduct: Avoiding account abiguity to lessen public moral outrage (International Association for Conflict Management). Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 07/2023.
  • Carter, A.B., & Talbot, T., Dodson, S., Diekmann, K.A., & Wiesenfeld, B.M. (2022) Coupling big pitcure and detailed-oriented roles in working dyads: Subjective costs and objective benefits (Academy of Management). Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 08/2022.
  • Talbot, T., & Carter, A.B., Dodson, S., Diekmann, K.A., & Wiesenfeld, B.M. (2022) Construal diversity and creativity: The forecasted versus actual influence of individual construal levels within groups (interdisciplinary Network for Group Research). Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 07/2022.
  • Dodson, S., & Goodwin, R.D., Wakslak, C., Graham, J., & Diekmann, K.A. (2021) He sees the forest, she sees the trees: Gendered construal-level expectations (Academy of Management conference). Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 08/2021.
  • KRISTINA DIEKMANN, & Goodwin, R., Dodson, S., Wakslak, C., Diekmann, K.A., & Graham, J. (2021) Gender construal expectations (Distances in Organizations conference). Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 05/2021.
  • Goodwin, R., & Dodson, S., Chambers, M., Davani, A., Dehghani, M., Graham, J., & Diekmann, K.A. (2020) Victim damning denials: How alleged harassers' response affects third parties' moral reactions to sexual hraassment victims (Academy of Management). Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 08/14/2020.
  • Dodson, S., & Goodwin, R.D., Chambers, M., Graham, J., & Diekmann, K.A. (2020) He's hired, she's not: Moral foundations, himpathy, and attitudes toward sexual misconduct (Academy of Management). Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 08/07/2020.
  • Goodwin, R.D., & Dungan, J., Graham, J., & Diekmann, K.A. (2020) Loyalty, psychological closeness, and perceptions of whistleblower credibility (International Assoc for Conflict Management). Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 07/14/2020.
  • Goodwin, R.D., & Dodson, S., Rees, M.R., & Diekmann, K.A. (2020) Power, status, construal, and compassion (International Assoc for Conflict Management). Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 07/13/2020.
  • Dodson, S., & Goodwin, R.D., Wakslak, C., Graham, J., & Diekmann, K.A. (2020) Leader gender and construal elicitation (Distances in Organizations). Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 05/16/2020.
  • Tenbrunsel, A.E., & Rees, M.R. & Diekmann, K.A. (2019) Sexual harassment in academia: Antecedents and consequences from a moral lens (Academy of Management). Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 08/2019.
  • Dodson, S.J., & Goodwin, R.D., Wakslak, C., Graham, J., & Diekmann, K.A. (2019) Leader gender and construal elicitation: Is he seen as more visionary than she? (Academy of Management)). Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 08/2019.
  • Goodwin, R.D., & Dodson, S., Chen, J., & Diekmann, K.A. (2019) Gender, perceived power, and desire to lead: Why women don't "lean in" to leadership (Academy of Management). Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 08/2019.
  • Shannahan, D.B., & Meikle, N.L., Tenbrunsel, A.E., & Diekmann, K.A. (2019) Ethical decisions in groups: Combining preferences of members with divergent decision frames (INGroup). Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 07/2019.
  • Goodwin, R.D., & Graham, J., & Diekmann, K.A. (2019) Good intentions aren't enough: Moral courage in opposing sexual harasssment (International Association for Conflict Management). Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 07/2019.
  • Dodson, S.J., & Goodwin, R.D., Chambers, M., Graham, J. & Diekmann, K.A. (2019) She said, he said - but who is responsible? A real-world conceptual replication linking moral foundatoins and attitudes toward sexual assault victims and perpetrators (International Association for Conflict Management). Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 07/2019.
  • Chambers, M., & Davani, A.M., Goodwin, R.D., Dodson, S.J., Yeh, L., Dehghani, M., Graham, J., & Diekmann, K.A. (2019) The power of silence: Using sentiment text analysis to examine Twitter responses to sexual harassment accounts (International Association for Conflict Management). Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 07/2019.
  • Tenbrunsel, A.E., & Diekmann, K.A., Shao, R., & Skarlicki, D. (2019) Deceiving groups versus individuals: The interactive effect of plurality, group status, and collectivism on the decision to misrepresent information to others (European Academy of Management). Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 06/2019.
  • Dodson, S.J., & Goodwin, R.D., Wakslak, C., Graham, J., & Diekmann, K.A. (2019) Leader gender and construal elicitation: Is he seen as more visionary than she? (Distances in Organizations). Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 05/2019.
  • Goodwin, R.D., & Dodson, S., Chen, J., & Diekmann, K.A. (2019) Why women don't "lean in" to leadership in male-dominated domains (International Convention of Psychological Science). Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 03/2019.
  • Goodwin, R.D., & Dodson, S., Chen, J., & Diekmann, K.A. (2019) Gender, perceived power, and desire to lead: Why women don't "lean in" to leadership positions (Society for Personality and Social Psychology). Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 02/2019.
  • Dodson, S.J., & Goodwin, R.D., Wakslak, C., Graham, J., & Diekmann, K.A. (2019) Leader gender and construal elicitation: Is he seen as more visionary than she? (Society for Personality and Social Psychology). Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 02/2019.
  • Diekmann, K.A., & Rees, M.R., & Tenbrunsel, A.E. (2018) Motivated blindness: A bounded ethicality perspective on sexual harassment (Academy of Management). Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 08/2018.
  • Soderberg, A.T., & Rees, M.R., Diekmann, K.A., & Sondak, H. (2017) Voice vs. truth: Differential effects of voice and lying on self- and other-perceived status (Academy of Management). Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 08/2017.
  • Rees, M.R., & Tenbrunsel, A.E., & Diekmann, K.A. (2017) "It's just business": What's wrong with the business frame and fixing it with construal level (Academy of Management). Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 08/2017.
  • Soderberg, A.T., & Rees, M.R., Diekmann, K.A., & Sondak, H. (2017) Voice vs. truth: Differential effects of voice and lying on self- and other-perceived status (Academy of Management). Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 08/2017.
  • Rees, M.R., & Tenbrunsel, A.E., & Diekmann, K.A. (2017) "It's just business": What's wrong with the business frame and fixing it with construal level (Academy of Management). Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 08/2017.
  • Sillito-Walker, S., & Smith, I., Diekmann, K.A., & Hunsaker, D. (2016) The offender bias: How face concerns lead offenders to underestimate the ability to restore victims' fairness perceptions (Academy of Management). Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 08/2016.
  • Sillito-Walker, S., & Smith, I., Diekmann, K.A., & Hunsaker, D. (2016) The oiffender bias: How face concerns lead offenders to underestimate the ability of an apology to restore victims' fairness perceptions (Academy of Management). Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 08/2016.
  • Soderberg, A.T., & Rees, M.R., Diekmann, K.A., & Sondak, H. (2016) Being given voice versus told the truth: The differential effects of two elements of procedural fairness on self- and other-perceived status (Society for Personality and Social Psychology). Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 01/2016.
  • Soderberg, A.T., & Rees, M.R., Diekmann, K.A., & Sondak, H. (2016) Being given voice versus told the trust: The differential effects of two elements of procedural fairness on self- and other-perceived status (Society for Personality and Social Psychology). Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 01/2016.
  • Shao, R., & Tenbrunsel, A., Diekmann, K.A., & Skarlicki, D.P. (2015) Predicting unethical behavior: The interactive role of plurality, status and culture on misrepresentating information (4th International Workshop on Organizational Justice and Behavioral Ethics). Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 06/2015.
  • Vadera, A.K., & Tenbrunsel, A.E., Diekmann, K.A. (2014) Why the whistle often remains silent: The role of ethical infrastructure, construal level, and planned behavior on whistle-blowing (Academy of Management). Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 08/2014.
  • Rees, M.R., & Tenbrunsel, A.E., Diekmann, K.A. (2014) The effects of construal on decision frame and unethical behavior (Academy of Management). Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 08/2014.
  • Rees, M.R., & Tenbrunsel, A.E., Diekmann, K.A. (2014) When two wrongs make a right: Covering up our unfair mistakes with unethical behavior (International Social Justice Research). Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 06/2014.
  • Diekmann, K.A., & Soderberg, A.T. & Tenbrunsel, A.E. (2012) Fairness and ethics in bargaining and negotiation (Handbook of research in negotiation conference, Kellogg). Conference Paper, Presented, 09/2012.
  • Vadera, A.K, & Tenbrunsel, A.E. & Diekmann, K.A. (2012) Investigation of how ethical infrastructure facilitates whistle-blowing intentions and behaviors (Academy of Management). Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 08/2012.
  • Rockmann, K.W., & Barsness, Z.I. (2011) Should I go into the office? How remote (vs. onsite) team mebers can uniquely build trust through face-to-face contact (International Association for Conflict Management). Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 07/2011.
  • KRISTINA DIEKMANN (2009) Why we condemn others: The role of faulty behavioral forecasts. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 01/2009.
  • Diekmann, K., & Tenbrunsel, A.E, Galinsky, A.D. (2002). Deceiving ourselves: The effect of competitive expectations on negotiators' predictions and outcomes. Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings. Conference Paper, Other, 2002.
  • Diekmann, K.(1995). The role of "implicit justifications" in legitimizing and justifying self-serving group allocations. Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings. Conference Paper, Other, 1995.

Publications

  • Dodson, S. & Goodwin, R.D., Graham, J. & Diekmann, K.A. (2023). Moral foundations, himpathy, and punishment following organizational sexual misconduct allegations. Organization Science. Vol. 34, 1938-1964. Discipline based - refereed, Accepted, 11/2023.
  • Rees, M.R. & Tenbrunsel, A.E.; Diekmann, K.A. (2022). "It's just business": Understanding how business frames differ from ethical frames and the impact on unethical behavior. Journal of Business Ethics. Vol. 176, 429-449. Discipline based - refereed, Published, 03/01/2022.
  • Goodwin, R.D., Dodson, S., Chen, J. & Diekmann, K.A. (2020). Gender, perceived power, and desire to lead: Why women don't "lean in" to leadership positions. Psychology of Women Quarterly. Vol. 44, 468-487. Discipline based - refereed, Published, 06/2020.
  • Goodwin, R.D., Graham, J. & Diekmann, K.A. (2020). Good intentions aren't enough: Moral courage in opposing sexual harasssment. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. Vol. 86, 1-14. Discipline based - refereed, Published, 01/2020.
  • Tenbrunsel, A.E., Rees, M.R. & Diekmann, K.A. (2019). Sexual harassment in academia: Ethical climates and bounded ethicality. Annual Review of Psychology. Vol. 70, 245-270. Discipline based - refereed, Published, 01/2019.
  • Diekmann, K.A., Soderberg, A.T. & Tenbrunsel, A.E. (2013). Fairness and ethics in bargaining and negotiation.. Handbook of research in negotiation. Discipline based - other, Published, 06/2013.
  • Diekmann, K.A., Sillito Walker, S.D., Galinsky, A.D. & Tenbrunsel, A.E. (2013). Double-victimization in the workplace: Why observers condemn passive victims of sexual harassment. Organization Science. Vol. 24. Discipline based - refereed, Published, 03/2013.
  • Desai, S.D., Sondak, H. & Diekmann, K.A. (2011). When fairness neither satisfies nor motivates: The role of risk aversion and uncertainty reduction in attenuating and reversing the fair process effect. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. Vol. 116, 32-45. Discipline based - refereed, Accepted, 06/2011.
  • Tenbrunsel, A.E., & Diekmann, K.A., Wade-Benzoni, K., & Bazerman, M.H. (2010) The ethical mirage: A temporal explanation as to why we aren’t as ethical as we think we are. Research in Organizational Behavior. 30. Published, 08/2010.
  • Brockner, J., Wiesenfeld, B.M. & Diekmann, K.A. (2009). Towards a "fairer" conception of process fairness: How, when and why more may not always be better than less. Academy of Management Annals. Vol. 3, 139-172. Discipline based - refereed, Published, 06/2009.
  • Diekmann, K.(2008). "She did what? There is no way I would do that!" The potential interpersonal harm caused by mispredicting one's behavior. Journal of Business Ethics. 80, 5-11. Discipline based - refereed, Published, 2008.
  • Tenbrunsel, A.E., & Diekmann, K.A. (2007) When you're tempted to deceive. Negotiation. 10, 9-11. Discipline based - other, Published, 07/2007.
  • Diekmann, K., & Sondak, H., Barsness, Z.I. (2007). Does fairness matter more to some than to others? The moderating effect of workplace status on the relationship between procedural fairness and job satisfaction. Social Justice Research. 20, 161-180. Discipline based - refereed, Published, 2007.
  • Diekmann, K., & Galinsky, A.D. (2006). Overconfident, underprepared: Why you may not be ready to negotiate. Negotiation. 9, 6-9. Practice - other, Published, 10/2006.
  • Diekmann, K., & Tenbrunsel, A.E. (2006). Break through the tough talk. Negotiation. 9, 4-6. Practice - other, Published, 07/2006.
  • Barsness, Z.I., & Diekmann, K.A., Seidel, M.L. (2005) Motivation and opportunity: The role of remote work, demographic dissimilarity, and social network centrality in impression management.. Academy of Management Journal. 48, 401-419. Discipline based - refereed, Published, 06/2005.
  • Diekmann, K., & Barsness, Z.I., Sondak, H. (2004). Uncertainty, fairness perceptions, and job satisfaction: A field study. Social Justice Research. 17, 237-255. Discipline based - refereed, Published, 2004.
  • Diekmann, K.(2004). Book review of "Negotiations and Change: From the Workplace to Society. (pp. 318-321). Administrative Science Quarterly. Discipline based - other, Published, 2004.
  • Davis, G.F., & Diekmann, K.A., Tinsley, C.H. (2004) The decline and fall of the conglomerate firm in the 1980s: The deinstitutionalization of an organizational form. The new economic sociology: A reader. Discipline based - other, Published, 01/2004.
  • Diekmann, K., & Tenbrunsel, A.E., Galinsky, A.D. (2003). From self-prediction to self-defeat: Behavioral forecasting, self-fulfilling prophecies, and the effect of competitive expectations. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 85, 672-683. Discipline based - refereed, Published, 2003.
  • Kim, P.H., & Diekmann, K.A., Tenbrunsel, A.E. (2003) Flattery may get you somewhere: The strategic implications of providing positive versus negative feedback about ability versus ethicality in negotiation. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. 90, 225-243. Discipline based - refereed, Published, 03/2003.
  • Tenbrunsel, A.E., & Diekmann, K.A. (2002) Job decision inconsistencies involving social comparison information: The role of dominating alternatives.. Journal of Applied Psychology. 87, 1149-1158. Discipline based - refereed, Published, 12/2002.
  • Diekmann, K., & Tenbrunsel, A.E., Bazerman, M.H. (1999). Escalation and negotiation: Two themes in the work of Jeffrey Z. Rubin. Negotiation eclectics: Essays in memory of Jeffrey Z. Rubin. Discipline based - other, Published, 1999.
  • Diekmann, K., & Samuels, S.M., Ross, L., Bazerman, M.H. (1997). Self-interest and fairness in problems of resource allocation: Allocators versus recipients.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 72, 1061-1074. Discipline based - refereed, Published, 1997.
  • Diekmann, K.(1997). "Implicit justifications" and self-serving group allocations. Journal of Organizational Behavior. 18, 3-16. Discipline based - refereed, Published, 1997.
  • Diekmann, K., & Tenbrunsel, A.E., Bazerman, M.H. (1997). Fairness, justification, and dispute resolution.. Workplace dispute resolution: Directions for the Twenty-First Century. Discipline based - other, Published, 1997.
  • Diekmann, K., & Tenbrunsel, A.E., Shah, P.P., Schroth, H.A., Bazerman, M.H. (1996). The descriptive and prescriptive use of previous purchase price in negotiations.. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. 66, 179-191. Discipline based - refereed, Published, 1996.
  • Bazerman, M.H., & Scroth, H.A., Shah, P.P, Diekmann, K.A., Tenbrunsel, A.E. (1994) The inconsistent role of comparison others and procedural justice in reactions to hypothetical job descriptions: Implications for job acceptance decisions.. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. 60, 326-352. Discipline based - refereed, Published, 12/1994.
  • Rutte, C., & Diekmann, K.A., Polzer, J.T., Crosby, F.J., Messick, D.M. (1994) Organization of information and the detection of gender discrimination. Psychological Science. 5, 226-231. Discipline based - refereed, Published, 07/1994.
  • Davis, G.F., & Diekmann, K.A., Tinsley, C. (1994) The decline and fall of the conglomerate firm in the 1980s: A study in the de-institutionalization of an organizational form. American Sociological Review. 59, 547-570. Discipline based - refereed, Published, 01/1994.
  • Polzer, J.T., & Diekmann, K.A., Neale, M.A. (1992) Book review of W.E. Agor's "Intuition in organizations: Leading and managing productively". Journal of Organizational Behavior. 13, 531-536. Discipline based - other, Published, 01/1992.
  • Tolman, A.E., & Diekmann, K.A.., McCartney, K. (1989) Social connectedness and mothering: Effects of maternal employment and maternal absence. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 56, 942-949. Discipline based - refereed, Published, 06/1989.